1980 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

The 1980 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 49th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.

1980 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (9th win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamDerry
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterMeath
UlsterDerry
ConnachtMayo

Dublin entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Leinster Championship.

On 21 September 1980, Kerry won the championship following a 3–12 to 0–11 defeat of Derry in the All-Ireland final. This was their ninth All-Ireland title and their first title in five championship seasons.[1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Finals

1980 Quarter-Final Mayo 2-08 - 0-09 Sligo St. Tiernach's Park, Crossmolina

Semi-Finals

Final

13 July 1980 Final Mayo 3-08 - 2-09 Roscommon Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary Round

1980 Preliminary Round Kildare 5-12 - 2-05 Carlow Dr Cullen Park, Carlow
1980 Preliminary Round Westmeath 4-11 - 1-06 Kilkenny O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
1980 Preliminary Round Louth 1-15 - 1-05 Wexford Croke Park, Dublin
1980 Preliminary Round Longford 3-06 - 2-09 Laois O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
1980 Preliminary Round Replay Longford 5-09 - 3-12 Laois Pearse Park, Longford

Quarter-Finals

1980 Quarter-Final Kildare 2-14 - 0-09 Wicklow Dr Cullen Park, Carlow
1980 Quarter-Final Louth 2-07 - 1-08 Offaly Croke Park, Dublin
1980 Quarter-Final Meath 2-13 - 1-04 Westmeath O'Connor Park, Tullamore
1980 Quarter-Final Dublin 2-06 - 1-06 Longford Cusack Park, Mullingar

Semi-Finals

1980 Semi-Final Kildare 1-11 - 1-08 Louth Croke Park, Dublin
1980 Semi-Final Meath 3-07 - 3-05 Dublin Páirc Tailteann, Navan

Final

27 July 1980 Final Meath 1-12 - 1-09 Kildare Croke Park, Dublin

Munster Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Finals

1980 Quarter-Final Kerry 5-15 - 0-03 Waterford Glenflesk
1980 Quarter-Final Cork 2-18 - 0-04 Clare Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Semi-Finals

1980 Semi-Final Cork 8-20 - 1-02 Limerick Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
1980 Semi-Final Kerry 4-08 - 3-09 Tipperary Ned Hall Park, Clonmel

Final

6 July 1980 Final Kerry 1-12 - 1-10 Cork Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary Round

1980 Preliminary Round Antrim 2-11 - 2-10 Tyrone Casement Park, Belfast

Quarter-Finals

1980 Quarter-Final Down 3-10 - 3-05 Monaghan Pairc Esler, Newry
1980 Quarter-Final Armagh 1-09 - 1-04 Fermanagh St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown
1980 Quarter-Final Derry 1-09 - 0-05 Cavan Dean McGlinchey Park, Ballinascreen
1980 Quarter-Final Donegal 1-09 - 0-06 Antrim St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown

Semi-Finals

1980 Semi-Final Armagh 1-13 - 3-04 Down Breffni Park, Cavan
1980 Semi-Final Derry 0-11 - 0-06 Donegal St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

Final

20 July 1980 Final Derry 3-14 - 1-02 Armagh St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

10 August 1980 Semi-Final Derry 1-11 - 0-11 Mayo Croke Park, Dublin
17 August 1980 Semi-Final Kerry 3-05 - 0-10 Meath Croke Park, Dublin

Final

21 September 1980 Final Kerry 3-12 - 0-11 Derry Croke Park, Dublin

References

  1. "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
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